Executive Custom Holdings will

have to start back at square one if they decide to follow through with

their request for rezoning 14.9 acres at the end of Sir Charles Drive

from R-2 Residential to R-3 Residential. City Administrator Jim Williams

recommended denial of the Whispering Pines Subdivision at Monday's

City Council meeting on the grounds that there was no one present to represent

the proposal.

Although the Planning Commission

had turned down the new plat at their Dec. 2 meeting, the staff was behind

the redesign with four recommended conditions; the classification should

remain R-2; the plat's minimum lot size be 9,000 square feet; the

minimum house size be 1,800 square feet with a minimum sales price be

$160,000; and the front setback be 75 feet.

The Whispering Pines developer

requested the Feb. 9 hearing to have time to meet with residents in the

community to secure their support for the proposal.

Annexation and zoning of the

Petershagen Tract met with approval after some questions about the lake

basin were addressed. The 73-acre development planned on Whitemill Rd.

and Rivertown Rd. will hold 140 homes on 6,000 square foot lots. The zoning

was changed from AG and AG-1 Agricultural to R-2 Green Community Overlay.

Bids for a new phone system

were also discussed and approval was given to the low bid of $29,700.

The system will essentially pay for itself in 3 years. The current setup

was "not meeting our current needs" said Williams.

In addition, the reappointment

of the Planning Commission's four positions passed unanimously keeping

the same panel in place as last year.

Finally a proposed 5 percent

sewer rate increase from $3.33 per 1,000 gallons to $3.50 per 1,000 gallons

was hammered out. The increases will be effective April 1 in response

to Fulton County's rate hikes which took effect for the city mid-December.